PetSafe Boxed Chain Link Dog Kennel

Comments about PetSafe Boxed Chain Link Dog Kennel:

i like the kennel and so do my pups...they are almost 4 months old now and they need to be outside and get the fresh air instead of being cooped up in the house all the time. so thank you hayneedle...plus your fast and efficient service, it got here a week before you said it would. your a wonderful company and i will be ordering from you again in the future. Sincerely, Denise

Comments about PetSafe Boxed Chain Link Dog Kennel:

I use this as a puppy training pen. It is heavy enough to be secure, but also light enough to be moved around the yard

Service and delivery comments:

delivery was prompt

Comments about PetSafe Boxed Chain Link Dog Kennel:

This thing is useless. The dog has no trouble loosening the fasteners at the bottom and getting out. She actually moved the entire thing (we have not used the anchors yet because we were waiting for it to rain so we could make sure it was not placed in a flood area of the yard. She has also dug out several times.

Service and delivery comments:

Delivery was prompt and exactly as promised, in good condition.

Comments about PetSafe Boxed Chain Link Dog Kennel:

Unlike more costly kennels, which use individual wall panels, this unit utilizes a single 'sheet' of fence fabric to wrap around all sides. Assembly by one person is somewhat challenging, but is certainly possible.

The tubular frame seems sturdy enough with the top and bottom rails being each composed of four sections swaged to slide together to form each part (a square with rounded corners). The vertical posts clamp to the top and bottom rails. Since the top and bottom sections do have rounded corners, it is necessary to measure in order to fit the corner posts accurately. We also used a level to plumb the verticles.

The gate is fairly narrow - which is generally not a problem, but if one wishes to put a hard-sided crate (or perhaps a doghouse) inside the kennel, plan ahead.

The fence fabric is tied to the various rails via standard chain-link fence aluminum ties. The instructions suggest putting a tie every 3 diamonds at the top and every 5 at the bottom. We put them every 3 diamonds top and bottom - plenty were supplied.

After assembly, the kennel seemed fairly substantial...until our then 6-month old female German Shepherd Dog had a go at it. She first attacked the gate and bent the fence fabric at the bottom, though did not escape. After repairing this area (see below), we left her there again. This time she managed to push up (and significantly bend) the fence fabric at one bottom edge sufficiently to enable her to escape (fortunately, the secondary containment system kept her from REALLY escaping).

Our repair and future (hopefully permanent) fix is that we wove a galvanized wire through the 2nd row of diamonds from the bottom and secured it on each vertical post. We then looped the same type wire around the bottom rail and through every bottom diamond, thus "tying down" the fence. We'll see.

So, recommended? Given sufficient information, one can secure the kennel as needed, so we do cautiously recommend it.

Comments about PetSafe Boxed Chain Link Dog Kennel:

We needed a small kennel for a vacation house. We assemebled it on site. It was easy, but not quite as easy as the instructions indicate. They indicate that you "might" want an extra pair of hands, but I don't see how one person could have done it alone. That being said, neither of us had ever worked with chain-link before, but we had no problems with this kit. It looks nice & works just fine for our 2 large dogs.